Mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor-α gene spend more energy in thermogenesis, burn more fat, and are less sensitive to high-fat diet-induced obesity

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6471-6486

  Pelletier, Paula ^a   Gauthier, Karine ^b   Sideleva, Olga ^a,d   Samarut, Jacques ^b   Silva, J Enrique ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; DEIODINASE 1; DEIODINASE 2; ENZYME; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 57349178401     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0718     Document Type: Article

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